This is a statement on the state of things. This is why people have so much trouble adopting to a new process in the office. The bottom line is they just do not care about their work. They will do just the bare minimum to skate by to earn a paycheck. They never take in the joy that is being a master at his or her's own craft. I look at applying myself to my trade, Information Technology, as a craftsmen or artisan does to their selected medium. I relish in the satisfaction of a job well done. OK I am off my soapbox.

Kudos to the motorcyclist - I'm sure I would have lost it when laughing that hard - very funny and I can't dispute that this points out the mindset of the average state worker - not my job, so why should I do anything to fix it (even if I could?)...

I heard it on the news. They said the foreman or someone was responsible for removing stuff off the highway. While they were painting the lines, due to the road and traffic, they were unable to stop or move around. Not that is an excuse, but that is what was said. Kind of reminds me of the Wyle E Coyote. Meep Meep!

Given the configuration of those trucks, painting over something on the road may be largely unavoidable, which is why they do usually have someone out front with a shovel. They were short a person, so likely fixing problems later is preferable to not running the truck for the day.

The animal was removed the next day. Not a week later.

So what part of that is laziness? If they had stopped the truck and two man crew and removed the animal, then circled around to redo the paint they would have wasted more time (theirs and the specialty truck) then to have it handled by someone else later. The same someone who has to deal with other similar corrections (not animals probably, but whatever).

Yeah, it's a funny picture, and it seems kind of goofy, but on any largish project with specialized equipment, you do the bulk of the work with the equipment meant for it and deal with all of the little errors later with the equipment meant for that.

Given the configuration of those trucks, painting over something on the road may be largely unavoidable, which is why they do usually have someone out front with a shovel. They were short a person, so likely fixing problems later is preferable to not running the truck for the day.

The animal was removed the next day. Not a week later.

So what part of that is laziness? If they had stopped the truck and two man crew and removed the animal, then circled around to redo the paint they would have wasted more time (theirs and the specialty truck) then to have it handled by someone else later. The same someone who has to deal with other similar corrections (not animals probably, but whatever).

Yeah, it's a funny picture, and it seems kind of goofy, but on any largish project with specialized equipment, you do the bulk of the work with the equipment meant for it and deal with all of the little errors later with the equipment meant for that.

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